Business With Purpose

For this episode, Carol Sanford again joins David. She has played a significant role in transforming hundreds of individuals, organisations, companies, and society as a whole. She challenges the idea that most people need to be told precisely how to live and accomplish tasks.  A  damaging belief that has led to a society that does not enable people to think for themselves. Carol explains how each...

For this episode, David talks about leading with SPIRIT, a way of ensuring that you are preparing yourself to lead effectively and sustainably. The S in spirit stands for self-leadership, which David has covered in the last few CALM episodes. This time he talks about the P – Presence, how you show up and the energy that you bring and making sure that you are focusing and being present. David share...

For this episode, David is joined by Fares Hatoum who is known as The Property Optician. He's an investor and business leader who also helps other investors to uncover better deals and generate better returns. Fares is applying what he learned from Tony Robbins about taking massive action while helping others to shorten their entrepreneurial journey to success. KEY TAKEAWAYS Invest in yourself. Ke...

This is the 4th episode in David´s self-leadership series that looks at how to lead yourself effectively so that you can lead others well. He has already covered managing your thoughts, tapping into your intuition, and understanding your values.  This week´s episode is all about the 4th pillar of self-leadership – your vision of your future self. Understanding who you want to be and the impact you...

For this episode, David is joined by his longtime personal friend, educator and golf coach, Marc Radford. He was diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) in the 90s.  Marc explains what it was like growing up with ASD, which at the time was not very well understood and shares the impact it has had during adulthood. Including what teaching in a modern UK school is like, why he left teaching fo...

In this episode, which is the 22nd in David´s CALM series. It is all about the role your values play in your ability to lead yourself, which in turn has a significant impact on your ability to lead others. He explains how to identify yours and the way the order in which you rank your values impacts the way you act and your direction of travel through life. David shares a really simple way to ident...

For this episode, David is joined by Marc Champ who is the Managing Director of WHARF Financial. He helps property investors and developers secure the capital they need to create magic so people can live and work with joy and freedom. While enabling these investors and developers to improve their own lives too.  There are many ways to borrow or save the money you need to become a property investor...

Today, David follows up on the episode about examining your thoughts, understanding them, and learning how to flip those that do not serve you. Today, he explains how doing this enables you to be able to trust your intuition. When you can do that, it becomes far easier to recognize the right path, follow it and lead others down it. To be able to tap into the power of intuition, you need to underst...

For this episode, David is joined by Gareth Evans, who is the CEO and founder of VECKTA, an organization that helps businesses make the transition to a more sustainable way of operating without sacrificing their bottom line.  Gareth explains how he helps companies to work out which energy efficiency and environmentally friendly options are available and practical for them. Once the business decide...

In this episode, which is part 20 of David´s CALM leadership series, he talks about managing your thoughts, an incredibly important part of leading yourself successfully. If you cannot lead yourself, it will never be possible to lead others effectively. David shares 4 simple steps you can take to control your thoughts, which create your feelings and emotions that play into the decisions you make,...

For this episode, David is joined by Helen Pollock. She helps people share their stories via books. Helen works with both men and women, but Her Next Chapter venture focuses on helping successful women overcome their lack of confidence and the bias they face to share their stories. Helen and David discuss how the way society treats women holds them back. She also talks about living with an abusive...

This is the 19th episode in David´s leadership series. In it, he shares his SPIRIT approach, which provides you with a framework to turn yourself into a stronger and more effective leader. SPIRIT stands for Self-management,  Presence, Inspiring others, Relationships, and Influence. This episode provides an overview of the system but also contains some examples of how to improve these important asp...

For this episode, David is joined by Yemado, North America´s foremost teacher of Boabom, which is a Tibetan system of meditation and martial art. Yemado has been practising it for almost 25 years. He has just launched an app called Your Boabom Journey to enable people across the world to learn this powerful art without having to attend physical classes. Yemado explains how Boabom simultaneously en...

In this episode, David speaks about how to supercharge your SMART goals and to do so even if you are someone who hates setting goals or someone who does set them but regularly misses the mark. There is something for everyone in this transformational episode. Set smart goals to make a difference in your life and to make a difference to the people around you. KEY TAKEAWAYS Setting goals might sound...

How’s joined by Sharekh Shaikh  who is the founder of Clever X, which is a platform that helps research teams access a network of expertise and build a community that enables them to grow their businesses. This enables companies to conduct instant research, which is a great way to understand what potential clients really think and want. Sharekh Shaikh shares how the Clever X self-service platform...

In this episode, David rows back to take a timely re-look at a self-care episode he recorded last year. Sharing how you can reset to just create a better you, at the start of the year. The process he shares consists of 5 deceptively simple things anyone can do to greatly improve their well-being and performance. In the 2nd part of this episode, he walks you through making a life plan. An essential...

For this episode, David is joined by Jules Turner, a coach who helps people, in particular senior managers, to turn redundancy into their greatest opportunity by landing their perfect next role. They discuss how to be ready for redundancy, which happens to most people at some stage so that they are prepared for that situation. Being familiar with how the redundancy process works and having a plan...

In this episode, David talks about using “the wheel of life” process to lead yourself properly, so that you are in a strong position to lead others. When you understand what your priorities are, and which areas need improving you become more focused and effective in all areas of your life, including leadership. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you want to lead others at work, in your family life or in other circu...

In this episode, David is joined by Philip Holt, who has over 30 years of experience in working with industry giants such as GKN Aerospace, Phillips, Gillette, and Travelport. He has built a reputation for being a global expert in Lean thinking, but also in lean doing and in lean being. Leading Lean by Living Lean, which is also the title of his new book Philip explains how to use Lean tools to im...

This is the 18th episode in David’s CALM leadership series. In this episode, he shares 4 ways to transform your team members into new leaders. Enabling you to develop people who are capable of leading their colleagues. Then, at a later date, taking the baton from you and continuing to drive your organization forward.  David explains why doing this is essential for success and shares 4 steps any le...

For this episode, David is joined by Mark Newey - the UK’s number one radical self-discovery coach, teacher, disrupter and protagonist. Mark explains how he helps people to uncover how their subconscious, which governs 91% of their decisions, works. Once someone has done this and learned who they actually are they can take full control of their lives and achieve what they really want. KEY TAKEAWAY...

In this episode, David continues with the accountability section of his CALM leadership series. This time, he covers how engaging with every member of your team makes each of them genuinely accountable. As well as encouraging them to develop the skills that they need to succeed in life, which in turn strengthens your company. David shares how to use personal development reviews to do this. Providi...

For this episode, David is joined by Ken Rusk, who is the author of Blue Collar Cash. He is an advocate for people living a blue-collar life. Ken empowers them to achieve the happiness, peace, and freedom that they deserve. Something they can do whether they work for themselves or someone else.  David and Ken discuss the importance of thinking big, taking action, visualization, and surrounding you...

This is the 16th episode in David’s CALM series that is designed to help you to become a better leader. This time around he covers self-accountability. Leaders who do not hold themselves accountable will not be trusted and followed by their teams, so this is an important episode. In it, David shares seven effective ways to create more accountability for yourself and includes exercises you can do t...

For this episode, David is joined by Ryan Pinnick, who is the founder and CEO of Super Genius Global. An organization that helps people to unlock their purpose and get in touch with their super genius to live the life they truly desire. Ryan explains why becoming self-aware is the foundation of change. He and David discuss the vital role intuition plays and how to recognize and take note of it. Ry...